The document summarizes Henry Badenhorst's presentation on using tablets in his English lectures at CTI. It discusses how he utilized tablets to digitize course content, transfer materials to students via Bluetooth, enable research and online assessments. It found tablets useful for storing and sharing content but risks exist like gaming and theft. Recommendations included improving Wi-Fi, training students on appropriate usage, and training teachers on integrating technology. The Asus Transformer Prime was proposed as an alternative to the Samsung Tab 10.1 due to added features like a keyboard.

1. Campus Seminar:
Viva le Tablet
Pretoria 12 June 2013
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2. INTRODUCTION
Presenter: Henry Badenhorst
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3. “Cant I just email you a link to my blog, miss?”
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4. What do I do @ CTI?
• English lecturer for both Business and IT
departments – Higher Certificate program.
• Semester 1: Academic English.
• Approximately 300 students (7 groups).
• Group numbers vary between 40 and 50.
• 24 Teaching hours per week.
• Used Tablet for entire semester 1 module.
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5. Methodology
Areas of Tablet utilisation:
1. Pre-loaded subject related digitised content
– Study Guide
2. Placement of learning material on student
server.
3. Transfer (viaBluetooth/Wi-Fi Direct) of learning
materials
4. Free applications – Google Play Store
5. Research
6. EWP
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6. 1. Digitized content
• Study Guides in digital format (soft copy)
were uploaded onto the Tab.
• Students did not receive a hard copy. Part of
our “save the trees initiative”(branch-by-
branch)???
• E-books and Digital Study Guides helped
students to have a centralised point to
access all their materials.
• My course did not require any E-books.
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7. 2. Student server
uploads
• All digitized materials students
needed, were uploaded onto the
student server (LAN).
• Students have access to this
server and could copy and paste
all materials from this server
onto the ‘hard drive’ of their
tablet.
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8. Student server uploads
• Students had administrator rights or
access. (Accidental cut & paste)
• Had to negate their administrator privileges.
• Further uploads had to be sent via e-mail to
the IT Department, who alone could upload
materials.
• This process prevented quick uploads and
caused frustration for me.
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9. Solution:
Bluetooth
Lecturer’s limited access to LAN to upload
• What was the alternative to make learning
materials available to my students?
• Bluetooth or Wi-Fi Direct became an apparent
solution
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10. 3. Bluetooth
 Alternative utilisation for Bluetooth:
 When the following conditions exist:
1. Projector = absent or not working
2. Teacher preferred Methodology =
PowerPoint presentations
 Solution: Blue-tooth & Wi-Fi Direct becomes
alternative tool to distribute PPT presentation
and allowing students to follow.
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11. Bluetooth
Steps
1. I would transfer the PPT or relevant materials
to my Tablet (e-mail/PC to Tablet via USB).
2. 5 minutes before the lecture, I would Blue-
tooth it to some students, who would pass it
along to the back of the class.
Drawback: Time consuming, (large class sizes)
BUT a good alternative in the case where
projectors are not available.
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12. 4. Google Play store
applications
• Google play Store can be used to download
and install useful applications.
• I found an offline English Dictionary and
requested students to download and install it.
• Even if students don’t have a hard copy with
them, they can still easily access the
meaning of words and terminology without
having to carry…..a dictionary weighing half a
ton with them.
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13. Other Applications
• Word Processing – King Soft Office (instead of Polaris
Office)
• Camera: Students can take screenshots of important
information on whiteboard or web info.
• Socrative: student response system that empowers
teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of
educational exercises and games via the tablet. (still to
implement)
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14. 5. Research
• The students had to conduct research my
academic essay.
• The Tablet enabled each and every student
to conduct research, provided they had
access to Wi-Fi.
• The Tablet also enable students to download
documents related to their research, and
store them in My Files for later use.
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15. 6. EWP
• Academic English Assignment 1 = 25 online
grammar assessments.
• The Tablet enabled students to access their
EWP accounts and progress with the online
assessments, at their own pace, provided
they had access to Wi-Fi.
• Students were thus given an additional
method of completing their assessments
without having to rely solely on the desktop
computers in the Resource Centre.
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16. Findings
Useful tool for:
1. Viewing and storing Digitised content
2. Transfer of documents (via Bluetooth or
Student server)-makes learning material
available to students
3. Educational applications available through
Google Play Store.
4. Completing EWP assessments anywhere
anytime.
5. Research for academic assignments.
6. Word processing
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17. Conclusion
• Tablet is a very useful tool
• Uses include: Research, E-books, transfer &
storage of digitized content and increased
communication between student and teacher
(internet access)
• Risks for abuse do exist (Gaming & Pornography).
May in fact divert their attention from study area).
• The real Question remains: What do the
students actually use the Tablet for?
• NOT: What we would like them to use it for?
• How can we motivate them to use the Tablet for
educational purposes?
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18. Recommendations
1. Connectivity: More & improved Wi-Fi access
points (especially in Resource Centre to
ensure maximum application).
2. Student awareness training regarding
practical advantages and positive uses, as well
as the possible dangers and risks (Pornography
& Games)
3. Theft of Tablets remains a concern and a risk.
Awareness training possible solution.
4. Teacher Training: To improve skills and
knowledge how to use the Tablet as an
educational tool.
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19. Which Tablet?
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20. Samsung Tab 10.1
• Samsung Tablet shortcomings:
• No stylus or keyboard (hardware).
• Complicates writing e-mails and word
processing.
• No SIM card slot.
• Limited to Wi-Fi access to internet.
• Limited 16 GB storage space
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21. Alternative
Asus Transformer Prime
• “Best full-featured Android tablet” - C-Net
• Hybrid: Prime connects to an optional
keyboard/dock transforming it into what is
essentially an Android laptop.
• Lightweight and thin
• Sim card slot for internet access
• 32 GB storage space
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22. 4
4
3
4
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Active
Collaborative
Constructive
Authentic
Goal directed
Current Level of Technology Integration in your
class
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23. Code breaker
• Goal directed = 4: I provide my students with
opportunities to use technology tools to set goals, plan
activities, monitor progress and evaluate results
throughout the curriculum.
• Authentic = 4: I allow my students to select
appropriate technology tools to complete authentic
tasks across disciplines.
• Constructive = 3: I create opportunities and allow
my students to select and modify technology tools to
assist them in the construction of understanding.
• Collaborative = 4: I create opportunities throughout
the day, across subject areas to use technology tools
to facilitate collaborative learning
• Active = 4: I empower/encourage students to select
appropriate technology tools and to actively apply
them to tasks.
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24. The future?
• Dakar, Senegal
• World's first tablet
cafe.
• Benefit areas
where there are
frequent power
cuts and
exorbitant
electricity bills.
• Most people
cannot afford to
buy the devices.
• Sounds like SA?
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25. The end
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